I'm always on the lookout for places to buy fabric online in Australia and NZ. There's a great list of North American and European places already on this board. Many ship worldwide but a number don't, and shipping is of course expensive.

The list below omits the many stores selling quilting cottons or home furnishing fabrics.

What are your favourite local online stores?

New ZealandDance Fabrics Direct: mainly dance fabrics, but also good for powernet, swimsuit lycra and tricot. They have some wovens too, plus dance "stuff" like sequins. Service is excellent both by phone and by email.

Booby Traps NZ: Bra supplies. They say fabric is sold by the metre as well as in kits, but I can't see it on the website. This is a sister to the Australian store.

New Zealand Merino: This is a fairly new store with good prices for a range of merino and merino blend fabrics. I've bought some of these fabrics through TradeMe sellers (perhaps the same one) and they were good.

TradeMe sellers (NZ's online auction site)- there doesn't appear to be a way to search for stores but I have purchased quite a few things from Backstreet Bargains (bsb2, in Hamilton) and from Rigter (Rotorua). Both answer questions promptly and will cut to length. Both sell a lot of wool.

Australia
Turns out there are a lot listed online so here are a few, but Aussies please add places you've had a good experience with.

Bamboo Fabric Store: I haven't ordered from these but I have asked them questions and the response was very prompt and helpful. The website accepts only full metre orders but you can email to order part metres. Good range of fabric colours and also sells bamboo
clothing and other stuff.

Voodoo Rabbit- "haven't tried it yet, but looks like it has some interesting fabrics, patterns and bag notions, probably more too but that is what I was looking at... " "Voodoo Rabbit is a great shop! The owner, Kylie, is lovely."

The Fabric Store in Australia will send samples and fabric. Its website The Fabric Store has an email form. I have phoned for samples and their service was prompt, but I dithered for too long over choosing and the fabric was gone by the time I was ready to order, so their turnover must be high.
Its sister company in NZ, Global Fabrics would do the same thing I guess.
All their stores that I have been to have great ranges and helpful staff.

A local ACT fabric shop, Addicted to Fabric, has an online order section on its website. Their shop has quilting fabrics and clothing fabrics, including Liberty. Ink & Spindle's fabrics are also available from here.

Spotlight Australia and Spotlight NZ have their catalogues on their websites and you can order online from the catalogues. I have emailed Spotlight Aust about a hard-to-get fabric (japara) and received a prompt response (they supplied it). -- Edited on 10/4/12 1:56 AM --

Another recommendation for Voodoo Rabbit, I have used them for a purse kit (which I have even used rather than stashed). There postage to NZ is exceptionally good value, fantastically fast service and beautifully packaged. I'll definitely use them again.

If you know what you want Levana Textiles in Levin with do phone order. They have a fantastic range of merino and cotton knits, including matching trim in many cases.

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